He only saw the second half of this Sunday’s Lisbon derby, but Paulo Fonseca has been attentive to what is happening in the Portuguese championship this season. The Lille coach has no doubt that SC Braga will also be in the fight for the title and he sees Sporting as the team that plays football best.
In the end, it will be the four teams that will fight for the title. I watched the second half of Benfica-Sporting and I have no problem saying that, in terms of play, at the moment, the team that attracts me the most in Portugal is Sporting,” said the Portuguese coach, this Monday, on the sidelines of the “Transferroom”, a summit that takes place in Lisbon and brings together several agents and sports clubs from around the world.
Despite considering that Sporting is in better shape at the moment and with a more attractive playing style, Paulo Fonseca does not devalue Benfica and FC Porto: “Sérgio Conceição’s teams are very competitive and Porto will fight until the end Benfica It is Benfica and it is loaded with talent and more motivated with this victory. “Now I think that Sporting is, this year, closer to fighting with Benfica and Porto.”
The coach also points out that the “quality of the coaches” in the Portuguese championship and the better “team organization” are factors that have made the big clubs’ games difficult this season.
On a personal level, Paulo Fonseca, while speaking on a panel as a speaker, ended up revealing that he was close to moving to Leeds United. At the time it did not materialize, but the coach affirms that England continues to “attract any coach.” However, one day coaching in the Premier League “will no longer be an obsession.”
Paulo Fonseca, 50, is currently the coach of Lille and is in fourth place in the French League.
Source: TSF
